USES: This product contains two drugs used to treat high pressure inside the eye due to glaucoma (open angle-type) or other eye diseases (e.g., ocular hypertension). Lowering high pressure inside the eye helps to prevent blindness. This medication works by decreasing the amount of fluid within the eye. Timolol belongs to a class of drugs known as beta-blockers, and dorzolamide belongs to a class of drugs known as carbonic anhydrase inhibitors.
HOW TO USE: Read the Patient Information Leaflet provided by your pharmacist before you start using timolol/dorzolamide and each time you get a refill. If you have any questions regarding the information, consult your doctor or pharmacist. This medication is for use in the eye(s), usually one drop in the affected eye(s) 2 times a day, or as directed by your doctor. To apply eye drops, wash your hands first. To avoid contamination, do not touch the dropper tip or let it touch your eye or any other surface. Some products contain a preservative that may be absorbed by contact lenses. If you are using a product with a preservative and you wear contact lenses, remove the lenses before using the eye drops. Wait at least 15 minutes before putting in your contact lenses. Tilt your head back, look upward and pull down the lower eyelid to make a pouch. Hold the dropper directly over your eye and place one drop in your eye. Look downward and gently close your eyes for 1 to 2 minutes. Place one finger at the corner of your eye (near the nose) and apply gentle pressure. Try not to blink and do not rub your eye. This will prevent the medication from draining out. Repeat these steps for your other eye if so directed. Do not rinse the dropper. Replace the dropper cap after each use. If you are using another kind of eye medication (e.g., drops or ointments), wait at least 10 minutes before applying other medications. Use eye drops before eye ointments to allow the eye drops to enter the eye. Use this medication regularly in order to get the most benefit from it. To help you remember, use it at the same times each day. It is important to continue using this medication even if you feel well. Most people with glaucoma or high pressure in the eyes do not feel sick.
SIDE EFFECTS: Temporary blurred vision, temporary burning/stinging/itching/redness of the eye, watery eyes, dry eyes, feeling as if something is in the eye, sensitivity of eyes to light, strange taste in the mouth, or headache may occur. If any of these effects persist or worsen, notify your doctor or pharmacist promptly. Remember that your doctor has prescribed this medication because he or she has judged that the benefit to you is greater than the risk of side effects. Many people using this medication do not have serious side effects. Tell your doctor immediately if any of these unlikely but serious side effects occur: dizziness, slow/irregular heartbeat, muscle weakness, mental/mood changes, coldness/numbness/pain in the hands or feet. Tell your doctor immediately if any of these rare but very serious side effects occur: vision changes, signs of a kidney stone (e.g., pain in the back/side/abdomen, nausea/vomiting, blood in the urine), yellowing eyes or skin, dark urine, unusual tiredness/weakness, easy bruising/bleeding, signs of infection (e.g., fever, chills, persistent sore throat). Seek immediate medical attention if any of these rare but very serious side effects occur: persistent eye redness or discharge, eye or eyelid swelling, eye pain, trouble breathing, sudden unexplained weight gain, chest pain, weakness on one side of the body, slurred speech, confusion, persistent dizziness, fainting. A very serious allergic reaction to this drug is unlikely, but seek immediate medical attention if it occurs. Symptoms of a serious allergic reaction may include: rash, itching/swelling (especially of the face/tongue/throat), severe dizziness, trouble breathing. This is not a complete list of possible side effects. If you notice other effects not listed above, contact your doctor or pharmacist. In the US - Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088. In Canada - Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to Health Canada at 1-866-234-2345.
PRECAUTIONS: Before using timolol/dorzolamide, tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are allergic to these drugs; or if you have any other allergies. This product may contain inactive ingredients (such as preservatives like benzalkonium chloride), which can cause allergic reactions or other problems. Talk to your pharmacist for more details. This medication should not be used if you have certain medical conditions. Before using this medicine, consult your doctor or pharmacist if you have: lung disease (e.g., current or past history of asthma, severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease), certain types of irregular heartbeats (e.g., sinus bradycardia, second or third degree AV block), certain types of heart disease (e.g., severe heart failure). Before using this medication, tell your doctor or pharmacist your medical history, especially of: kidney disease, kidney stones, liver disease, diabetes, overactive thyroid disease, muscle weakness disorders, low blood flow to the brain (cerebrovascular insufficiency), severe allergies. If you develop an eye infection or injury, or have eye surgery, check with your doctor about whether you should continue to use your current bottle of timolol/dorzolamide. You may be advised to start using a new bottle. Before having surgery, tell your doctor or dentist that you are using this medication. If you have diabetes, this product may prevent the fast/pounding heartbeat you would usually feel when your blood sugar level falls too low (hypoglycemia). Other symptoms of low blood sugar, such as dizziness and sweating, are unaffected by this drug. This drug may cause temporary blurred vision. Do not drive, use machinery, or do any activity that requires clear vision until you are sure you can perform such activities safely. This medication should be used only when clearly needed during pregnancy. Discuss the risks and benefits with your doctor. This drug passes into breast milk. Consult your doctor before breast-feeding.
DRUG INTERACTIONS: Your healthcare professionals (e.g., doctor or pharmacist) may already be aware of any possible drug interactions and may be monitoring you for it. Do not start, stop or change the dosage of any medicine before checking with them first. Before using this medication, tell your doctor or pharmacist of all prescription and nonprescription/herbal products you may use, especially of: high doses of aspirin or related salicylates, oral beta-blockers (e.g., propranolol), calcium channel blockers (e.g., diltiazem, verapamil), oral carbonic anhydrase inhibitors (e.g., acetazolamide, methazolamide), clonidine, certain antidepressants (e.g., SSRIs such as fluoxetine), digoxin, epinephrine, fingolimod, methyldopa, quinidine, reserpine, theophylline, topiramate. Low-dose aspirin, as prescribed by your doctor for specific medical reasons such as heart attack or stroke prevention (usually these dosages are 81-325 milligrams per day), should be continued. Consult your doctor or pharmacist for more details. This document does not contain all possible interactions. Therefore, before using this product, tell your doctor or pharmacist of all the products you use. Keep a list of all your medications with you, and share the list with your doctor and pharmacist.
OVERDOSE: If overdose is suspected, contact your local poison control center or emergency room immediately. US residents can call the US national poison hotline at 1-800-222-1222. Canadian residents should call their local poison control center directly. This medicine may be harmful if swallowed. If accidentally swallowed, you may experience symptoms such as trouble breathing or slow/irregular heartbeat.
NOTES: Do not share this medication with others. Laboratory and/or medical tests (e.g., eye exams) should be performed periodically to monitor your progress or check for side effects. Consult your doctor for more details.
STORAGE: Store at room temperature away from light and moisture. Do not store in the bathroom. Store the single-use containers in the pouch. Discard any unused single-use containers 15 days after opening the pouch. Keep all medications away from children and pets. This product is normally colorless. Discard the solution if it changes color, becomes cloudy, or develops particles. If you are using the single-use containers, discard any unused medication immediately after each use. Do not flush medications down the toilet or pour them into a drain unless instructed to do so. Properly discard this product when it is expired or no longer needed. Consult your pharmacist or local waste disposal company for more details about how to safely discard your product.


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HMAS Uki (FY.80) was an auxiliary minesweeper operated by the Royal Australian Navy during World War II. Laid down at Lithgows, Port Glasgow, Scotland in 1923, Uki was owned and operated by the Sydney-based North Coast Steam Navigation Company. On 3 November 1939, Uki was requisitioned by the RAN for use as an auxiliary.

During the war, Uki, , and  made up Group 77 Minesweeper, based at HMAS Maitland, in Newcastle, New South Wales. In March 1943, Uki was requisitioned into the United States Navy.

After being returned to her owners, she was sold to M. Bern & Co in 1954. She was hulked in Brisbane in 1960. She was later stripped and scuttled off Tangalooma, Queensland in June 1976.

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This App has very clean and fresh color combination. The starting and login/signup page adopt gradients, which Mockplus doesn't support temporarily. However, this has little influence in the prototyping stage.
This App has very clean and fresh color combination. The starting and login/signup page adopt gradients, which Mockplus doesn't support temporarily. However, this has little influence in the prototyping stage. In the versions later, Mockplus will support gradients, so that the designers can make prototypes with higher fidelity, and even the later beautification work in UI design can also be achieved in Mockplus. Let's see it!
Pages of this prototype: Starting, Login/Signup, Home, Sharing and Personal Details, etc.
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Why Choose a Tiny House?
You might be wondering why you should opt for small living when you could live somewhere big and spacious? Well, it's not just a better economic move because living in a tiny house is far cheaper than traditional housing, but it also has positive benefits on your mental wellbeing and helps the environment!


Walmart plans to replace the greeter position with a "customer host" role that requires the employee be able to lift heavy weights, climb ladders and do other tasks.
In May, FEMA said it was reducing the number of disability advisors per disaster from 60 to 5.
After Starbucks announced on July 9 it would phase out plastic straws from its stores by 2020, disability rights activists were concerned the policy would exclude some people with disabilities.
"I have a choice everyday I wake up, I can look at myself as the poor guy with a disability or I can go out and inspire people," Ryan Hudson-Peralta said.


A pizza-loving rat, a live band of animatronic animals, and beer on tap: We explore how a scheme to make more money off of arcade games became an international cultural phenomenon.
What the heck is margarine, and how does it play in butter's history? Is it healthier to eat one versus the other? We wrap up our butterganza with these questions, plus cultural notes and cooking tips.
Since before written history, humans have been mad about butter. (Er, sometimes literally angry.) We explore the slippery physics and surprising strife behind butter.
Once considered deadly, the tomato has a fascinating history as a tax evader, protest device, and potential hallucinogen! GASP. There's also a lot of great science and nicknames involved in the tomato's story.
Once a mere fantasy from the pages of "Harry Potter," butterbeer is now very real, very popular, and very delicious. In this new segment, we discuss the real-world history of a fictional food and its transition into reality.
Tofu's multi-millennia history may or may not include an attempt at making an immortality elixir. Anney and Lauren take on the history, science, health, and environmental impact of tofu.
Graham crackers, one-third of delightful campfire s'mores, originated as a bland health food peddled by a temperance preacher. We explore how they became the treats they are today.
How Did French Cuisine Become King?
French cuisine has a reputation as the best the culinary world has to offer, but why is that? Anney and Lauren trace the history of haute cuisine (and get to talk about celebrity chefs, lawyers, and tires along the way).
Marshmallows in one form or another (hearts, stars, and horseshoes included) have been enjoyed for thousands of years and involve some serious science. This is no fluff piece, is what we're saying.
The saying goes, "as American as apple pie," but why? Anney and Lauren dig into the historical events that made apple pie a cultural icon. And talk pie science. Yes.


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New York, NY (Top40 Charts) In honor of his torrid success in 2020, spearheaded by his summery Billboard Hot 100 top-ten single "Blueberry Faygo," Lil Mosey gives fans three new tracks as part of his Certified Hitmaker (AVA Leak). Previously released singles "Back At It" featuring Lil Baby and "Top Gone" with Lunay also reside on Mosey's latest endeavor, which punctuates his scorching run with his 2019 album that crossed the 500,000 mark. The highlight of his new release is the sticky sample-laden "Bands Out the Roof," which flexes his penchant for inescapable melodies.
In its 26th week on the Hot 100, "Blueberry Faygo" clawed its way back into top-ten, solidifying Mosey's robust presence on the mainstream circuit. This summer, the bubbly jam also leaped its way into double-platinum status, marking its ubiquitous influence in hip-hop.
Mosey's exponential rise dates back to his 2018 rookie campaign, and debut project Northsbest, which spawned his double platinum hit "Noticed." In 2019, he graduated into a Certified Hitmaker with his glossy, star-studded album featuring Chris Brown, Gunna, and Trippie Redd. The project peaked at No. 12 on the Billboard 200 and kicked off his Certified Hitmaker World Tour.
Certified Hitmaker (AVA Leak) Tracklist:
Top Gone (with Lunay)
Back At It (ft. Lil Baby)
Stuck in a Dream (ft. Gunna)
G Walk (with Chris Brown)
Live This Wild
So Fast
Never Scared (ft. Trippie Redd)
Speed Racin
Bankroll (ft. AJ Tracey)
Jet to the West
See My Baby
Space Coupe
Kari's World
Bands Out Tha Roof
My Dues
Focus On Me
Dean Dillon, Marty Stuart & Hank Williams Jr. Announced For The Country Music Hall Of Fame Class Of 2020

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Pretty as a Princess: If Kate's baby is a girl, expect a kingdom's worth of dolls to follow!
This 1953 Madame Alexander doll was made to commemorate Queen Elizabeth II's coronation as the ruler of England. She was the first of the living, contemporary royals to be enshrined in a doll way.
Princess Diana, Queen Elizabeth's daughter-in-law, launched a cottage industry of fashion renderings based on her inexhaustible wardrobe.
Young William, the infant son of Diana and Charles, was fashioned as a baby doll in 1982.
After being created as an infant and a toddler, William bowed once more as a grown-up fashion doll, clad in his wedding-day attire.
Kate Middleton, the new high priestess of high fashion, has been designed as a doll by several manufacturers, including Danbury Mint.
Tabloid writers have speculated that the pink of Kate's final-outfit before her pregnancy seclusion is a key to the baby's gender.
Princess Di's charisma was so intense that even after her premature death, she is still being captured in doll form. Pictured here, an imagining of Diana as an infant.
Low-end dolls, as well as high-fashion ones, are available for tourists in London.
So, imagine my surprise when Jane has become intrigued by the life and times of Kate Middleton. Initially, Jane refused to believe that Kate was a real person. She was convinced that the whole Royal Wedding pageantry was some kind of public relations bonanza for Disney Europe. She couldn't wrap her mind around the fact that kings and queens, princes and princesses, actually exist outside the pages of a storybook.
Once she came to grips with the truth—Kate was a "commoner" and has married into a family that dwells in palaces and castles—Jane was hooked. Since she was born outside of America and is a naturalized citizen, Jane knows that she can never be president of the United States. Now, learning that a royal ruling class can be married into, she has her backward-facing baseball cap set on landing a prince!
It's funny to see an 8-year-old who is so certain that she could marry a prince or a king and then become the de facto leader of a nation. (I think Jane is more Lady Macbeth than Lady Diana Spencer!) This is also why she is absolutely fascinated with Kate's baby-to-be. She has a gut feeling that it is a girl, and that is the reason why the British Parliament has just changed the rules of succession. A firstborn girl is now entitled to the throne. She can't be replaced in that courtly queue by a secondborn brother. The royal scepter and crown are now hers for the taking.
When she asked me what name I think the baby (if a girl) will receive, I've gone the classic historical route: Victoria II. It would be interesting to see a tiny sliver of a babe saddled with that extremely powerful, omnipotent ruler's name.
The collectibles industry is, of course, abuzz with the potential of memorabilia made to honor the debut of the new real-live princess. Dolls, stuffed animals, paintings, statues, silverware, jewelry—every manner of item will be created to commemorate the birth.
The dolls will be especially fun to discover, because this offers artists the chance to create a doll that will grow up as the actual model does. We'll have (insert baby name here) as an infant, a toddler, a primary school student, a teen, a bride herself, and then as a ruler of a nation. Yes, all of that can be documented in a variety of doll ways.
The global countdown to the birth is on. The doll possibilities are endless. Is it intrusive, or is it flattering? Is it a form of porcelain paparazzi or is it a chance to share in an elusive dream, which is out of reach of most of us? The reasoning behind why people are drawn to this family is diverse and personal—each "fan" has his or her own reason. And over the past 80 years, each key member of the royal family has had his or her day in the sun as a well-made portrait doll or as a cute, quirky souvenir version.
Let's hope the newest arrival will have a long and happy life—be it a future queen or king!
NextMod Men: With the show on the brink of 1970 America, Don Draper is no longer buttoned-up and Brylcreemed.
Bratty Behavior: Two Major Players Clash in a Courtroom over Bratz Dolls' Beginnings.
Dishing About Dolls: Celebs let their hair down and their doll opinions fly!
Make My Day: Make a Doris Day Doll!


Giving campaign raised nearly $33,000.
Staff and faculty at Northwestern Health Sciences University showed their support for the University by contributing to the Every Give Counts Employee Giving Campaign. The 2012 campaign centered around community engagement, with options to direct contributions to the Pillsbury House Integrated Health Clinic, and student scholarships.
At this writing, the campaign has raised $32,994 with 35% giving. "The phenomenal growth of this campaign over last year's total is a testament to the generosity of our employees and the strength of our mission as a non-profit organization," said Scott Palmer, Chief Development Officer for Northwestern.
Thanks to these generous contributions, $5,435 will be donated to the Pillsbury House Clinic, which may be used for patient care technology, interpreter services, and basic equipment and supplies. $6,293 was raised for scholarships, which will fund three $1,000 scholarships for Northwestern students, and three $1,000 scholarships for area high school students interested in pursuing a degree in the health sciences. Finally, $2,782 will go to United Way, and $18,484 was designated to the area of greatest need at Northwestern. The University is paying for all the administrative costs of processing these gifts so that 100 percent of the money donated will go directly to its designated cause.
The enrollment period for payroll deduction has ended, but one-time contributions to the 2012 Employee Giving Campaign may be made through December 31 by contacting Scott Palmer or Vanessa Feils in the Development Office.


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Bowling Team Strikes Highest Ranking in Club's History
Arts & Entertainment January 27, 2016 / 8:35 PM January 28, 2016
By Jordan Unger
This season the Youngstown State University women's bowling club team has achieved its highest ranking to date currently holding 19th place in the nation.
The Youngstown State University women's bowling team typically ranks between 60th and 75th place in the nation. This jump from the team's past rankings has brought immense excitement to the bowlers.
Kara Trella, a junior, is YSU's women's bowling club secretary.
"I don't think anyone expected us to be in the top 20 in the nation like we are," Trella said. "I think it's really cool with only having four returning bowlers from last year."
The bowling club as a whole is a self-funded organization that competes in approximately 12 tournaments per year. As a self-supported sport, the team must fundraise to supply themselves with necessary equipment and transportation to tournaments.
The club competes against National Collegiate Athletic Association and National Athletic of Intercollegiate Athletics teams at these tournaments most of which are in Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.
Coach Jim Hall states that the dramatic improvement in the team's ranking is the result of continuity.
"With a club, it's very difficult to get returning bowlers," Hall said. "This year, we have a lot of experience. We have a couple of bowlers that bowled for other schools and came back."
Six of the eight bowlers on the women's team grew up in the Youngstown area, so most of the team bowled together before starting at YSU.
Alex Cifra, a junior, is the bowling club's president.
"They've been in the bowling community for a long time, so they know each other," Cifra said. "They have strong [bowling] backgrounds and strong coaching backgrounds like everyone else in this area."
The team's goal for the season is to reach the national championship. Sixty-four teams are invited to one of four sectionals throughout the country that will be held in March. The top four teams from each sectional advance to the national finals. Marissa Simon, the team's top bowler, says the team needs to work on spares the most to prepare for sectionals.
"To win tournaments, spares are a big thing," Simon said. "Strikes will come, but whatever we leave we should pick up."
The team practices twice a week at Camelot Lanes. Aside from practicing strikes and spares, the team competes against each other in Baker matches, which are five-person competitions where each team member bowls two frames of the game, making it a group effort to beat their opponents.
The team said that Coach Hall's assistance has been a great help as well. Trella said that Hall's spotting drills have helped her release and accuracy.
"He is the best coach that I have had," Trella said. "He improved my average by 20 pins in just one year."
Hall has been a certified coach since the early '90s, and he has coached the women's bowling club for eight years. Hall holds a silver ranking by the United States Bowling Congress and owned a bowling center for ten years. Club president Cifra said that Hall has a vast knowledge of the bowling world.
"When he's there, you know we are in good shape," Cifra said.
The bowling club holds tryouts for new members every fall semester. Typically no students are cut from the team in order to give everyone an equal opportunity. For those interested in bowling for the first time, Hall said that this is not a problem.
"We just start them, give them the basics: give them a ball that fits and lead them down the path of how to succeed," Hall said. "In my eight years, we have had a couple bowlers that have come very far doing that."
Team members said that one of the perks of club sports is the closeness amongst the bowlers.
"We have such a fun environment between us," Simon said. "There's never a dull moment on this team."
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Perform TRU in any impromptu situation. With your fingers fully exposed throughout the entire routine. It's 360° angle-proof and can be watched from any angle. Each phase of TRU can be performed as a stand-alone effect. Or combined into a multi-phase routine.
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My Great Grandfather Joseph Stahr (or Stoehr) worked for the Central Pacific
From: johns@olypen.com
Here is some info in my Great Grandfather. His name is Joseph Stahr or Stoehr. He was born 20 Nov 1849 in Roschbach, Pfaiz, Bvr Germany. His Parents were John and Anna Maria Baron Both from Germany and both died in Buffalo, N.Y. Joseph's wife was Annie Gibbons. The Los Angeles Associated Press said Joeph was a Construction Foreman for the Central Pacific who directed the driving of the spike. He came to California around the horn in 1868.
The Ogden Associated Press said Joseph Stahr veteran Central Pacific foreman whose death is announced from Los Angeles was struck Sunday by an Automobile in Los Angeles died Tuesday afternoon. burial place in Ogden, Utah July 21 1926.
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California Fast freight Line
From: "Jim Wilke" woodburner@earthlink.net
I'm interested in learning more about the California Fast Freight Line, a private car line operated in joint ownership by several different railroads in the 1880s.
So far I don't know much – an illustration of a 28' car lettered for the line and bearing the initials of the Southern Pacific appears in Kyle Wyatt's article on 28' Central pacific boxcars in the Nevada State Railroad Museum publication Sagebrush Headlight, along with a photograph of a train with a similar 28' car bearing the initials of the Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific.
How many railroads operated this line, and where did the cars run? How long was it in business, and did it have established routes and specific schedules, like a stage or steamship line, or was it operated on another basis? And what colors were the cars, did they have a company specific scheme?
—Jim Wilke
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A World War II Bomb Has Shut Down a Central London Airport
London's only central airport, London City, was closed Monday with all flights in and out cancelled, thanks to the discovery of an unexploded World War II bomb nearby.
Construction workers found the bomb in King George V Dock, which is a stone's throw away from the end of the London City Airport runway, on the River Thames. After they reported it to the Metropolitan Police in the early hours of Sunday morning, the airport was shut. It remained closed on Monday.
The police set up a 214-meter (702-foot) exclusion zone so they could deal with the bomb without endangering the public. That meant evacuating residents and setting up road cordons.
"I recognize this is causing inconvenience for our passengers, and in particular some of our local residents," airport CEO Robert Sinclair said in a statement. "The airport is cooperating fully with the Met Police and Royal Navy and is working hard to safely remove the device and resolve the situation as quickly as possible."
The unexploded World War II ordnance that still lies buried is, naturally, found in places where a lot of bombing took place. In the U.K., that means cities such as London, Sheffield, and Portsmouth. A similar exclusion zone had to be set up less than three years ago, when a German bomb was found in an East London building site.
It's not just a British problem, either. Just last year, the discovery of an enormous Allied bomb in the German financial center, Frankfurt, led to the evacuation of 60,000 people, while Berlin's Tegel airport had to be closed down while police disarmed a nearby Russian-made bomb of similar vintage.


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First Department Holds That Beam Which Struck Plaintiff, Although Being Carried By Co-Workers At The Time, Was Nevertheless A Labor Law § 240(1) Hazard
In Bonaerge v. Leighton House Condominium, three workers were moving a structure of steel beams in the shape of an upside-down "U". While the beams were being carried by two of the workers, the plaintiff walked along in preparation for assisting the workers to lower the beam to the ground. As the beam was being lowered the workers lost control, the beam fell and struck plaintiff in the chest and knee before reaching the ground. The First Department held that the beam required securing for the purposes of the work and that its height differential was not de minimis. Although the defendant proffered an expert opinion that devices were neither necessary nor customary for the work, the First Department found the opinion to be "insufficient to establish the absence of a Labor Law § 240(1) violation."
The First Department did not discuss the Court of Appeals decision in Rodriguez v. Margaret Tietz Center for Nursing Care, Inc., in which the plaintiff was injured while lowering a 120-pound beam to the ground from seven inches above his head with the assistance of three co-workers. The Court of Appeals held that the work in that case did not expose plaintiff to the special elevation related risks contemplated by Labor Law 240(1). Instead, he was merely exposed to the usual and ordinary dangers of a construction site.
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Second Department Finds Industrial Code § 23-1.5[c][3] to be Sufficiently Specific to Support A Labor Law § 241(6) Claim
In Perez v. 286 Scholes St. Corp., the plaintiff commenced an action against the defendant pursuant to Labor Law § 241(6) as predicated on an alleged violation of Industrial Code § 23-1.5[c][3], which provides that "[a]ll safety devices, safeguards and equipment in use shall be kept sound and operable, and shall be immediately repaired or restored or immediately removed from the job site if damaged." The plaintiff was operating a grinder that lacked a safety guard. A piece of sheet metal and a piece of the grinder struck plaintiff's hand, injuring him.
The Second Department found the Industrial Code provision relied on by plaintiff to be sufficiently specific to support a Labor Law § 241(6) claim. More specifically, the Court compared the language of section 23-1.5[c][3] to section 23-9.2[a], which provides that "[u]pon discovery, any structural defect or unsafe condition in such equipment shall be corrected by necessary repairs or replacement." In Misicki v. Caradonna (12 N.Y.3d 511 [2009]), the Court of Appeals held that section 23-9.2[a] was sufficiently specific to support a Labor Law claim. By comparison of the words "corrected by necessary repairs or replacement" in section 23-9.2[a] with "repaired or restored... or removed" in section 23-1.5[c][3], as well as the words "upon discovery" with "immediately if damaged," the Second Department found that, in light of the Court of Appeals' holding in Misicki, section 23-1.5[c][3] must also be deemed to be sufficiently specific to support a Labor Law claim.
First Department Awards Conditional, Partial Contractual Indemnification
In Maggio v. 24 W. 57 APF, LLC, the First Department awarded conditional, partial contractual indemnification to an owner on a construction site. In the construction management agreement with its contractor, the owner was to be indemnified "to the fullest extent permitted by law" for liability arising out of the negligence of its contractor. The Court found that the language would entitle the owner to partial contractual indemnification for the percentage of liability "arising not from its own negligence but rather that of" the contractor. Since no determination had been made as to either the owner's or the contractor's negligence, the Court merely granted the owner summary judgment on a conditional basis.
Second Department Finds Report of Accident Investigation to Be Insufficient to Raise Question of Fact on Plaintiff's Labor Law 240(1) Claim
In Guanopatin v. Flushing Acquisition Holdings, LLC, the plaintiff was injured when a one ton pre-cast concrete plank fell onto plaintiff's hand from a jack being used to raise the plank. In affirming summary judgment in plaintiff's favor pursuant to Labor Law 240(1), the Second Department found that the defendant had failed to raise a question of fact as to whether plaintiff was the sole proximate cause of his accident. More specifically, the statement of plaintiff's employer that his accident investigation revealed that plaintiff disregarded a foreman's instructions to stop work and to not raise the plank to the maximum height level of the jack, were hearsay statements that, standing alone, were insufficient to defeat summary judgment.
First Department Limits "Integral and Necessary" Test to Single Industrial Code Provision Under Labor Law 241(6)
In Singh v. 1221 Avenue Holdings, LLC, the plaintiff tripped over a screw protruding from a raised computer floor. In affirming so much of plaintiff's Labor Law 241(6) claim as was predicated on an alleged violation of Industrial Code 23-1.7(e)(2), which pertains to alleged "tripping" hazards in "working areas" caused by "materials" or "sharp projections," the First Department found that the screw was "integral and necessary" to the raised tile floor. In reinstating so much of plaintiff's Labor Law 241(6) claim as was predicated on an alleged violation of Industrial Code 23-1.7(e)(1), which pertains to alleged "tripping" hazards in "passageways" caused by "obstructions," the First Department expressly limited the "integral and necessary" test to 23-1.7(e)(2). The Court did not provide a detailed analysis as to why it reached this conclusion, but instead it simply cited to its earlier decision in Thomas v. Goldman Sachs Headquarters, LLC,, 109 AD3d 421 (1st Dept. 2013).
Second Department Affirms Disqualification of Plaintiff's Counsel in "Bad Faith" Action
In Van Nostrand v. NYCM Fire Ins. Co., the plaintiff recovered an underlying judgment against NYCM's insured, Froehlich, in excess of Froehlich's liability insurance with NYCM. The plaintiff then took an assignment of Froehlich's "bad faith" claim against NYCM for refusal to settle within policy limits. Plaintiff commenced this action as subrogee of Froehlich and NYCM moved to disqualify plaintiff's counsel on the basis that he represented plaintiff in the underlying action, and would therefore have to be a witness in the "bad faith" action. The Supreme Court agreed and the Second Department affirmed.
First Department Finds That A Falling Wall Posed A Labor Law 240(1) Risk
In Purcell v. Visiting Nurses Found. Inc., the plaintiff was standing on a closed A-frame ladder in the basement of a building that was undergoing a gut renovation. As he pulled on a "c-channel" attached to the first floor framing, an unsecured terracotta wall on the first floor collapsed, knocking plaintiff off the ladder. In distinguishing the case from Misseritti v. Mark IV Constr. Co. (86 NY2d 487 [1995]), the First Department concluded, without making a factual distinction, that the Court of Appeals in Misseritti had found that the hazard of a falling wall is an ordinary hazard of construction, whereas the wall at issue in the present case was an object that required securing for the purposes of the undertaking. Clearly, the First Department was suggesting that because the wall was positioned above the plaintiff, rather than next to the plaintiff (Misseritti), plaintiff was exposed to an elevation-related hazard. As to the closed A-frame ladder, since it had been positioned by plaintiff's foreman, the Court found that it was not properly placed to provide adequate protection. Therefore, the First Department reversed the lower court and granted partial summary judgment on liability in plaintiff's favor pursuant to Labor Law 240(1).
Court of Appeals Decides Duo of Cases Involving Labor Law § 240(1) - One Involving "Alteration" and The Other Involving A Slip On Ice
Saint v. Syracuse Supply Company
The Court of Appeals recently held, in Saint v. Syracuse Supply Company, that a plaintiff who was injured when he fell while installing a billboard advertisement and extension was engaged in the alteration of a structure and, therefore, Labor Law § 240(1) applied.
In Saint, plaintiff was employed as part of a three-person construction crew that was hired to replace an advertisement on a billboard in Erie County, New York. The billboard, which was elevated fifty-nine feet from the ground, was composed of a two-sided, inverted "V"-shaped metal frame that was set on a metal tube embedded in the ground. Each side of the metal frame contained panels that were secured to the frame by iron clips. Advertisements, comprised of vinyl materials, were attached to the panels with ratchet straps.
The billboard contained six catwalks, two of which were located on the exterior of either side of the metal frame and four of which were located on the interior of the frame, with lower and upper catwalks on each side, set ten feet apart. While all of the catwalks had safety cables, only the lower interior catwalks had a guardrail.
On the date of the incident, plaintiff and his crew were installing a new advertisement and four extensions made of plywood cutouts. The extensions were to be secured to the frame with nails, nuts, and bolts, and angle irons were to be bolted to the back of the extensions. While the crew was attempting to remove the old vinyl advertisement that was still located on the billboard in order to install the new advertisement, they required assistance. Plaintiff, who had been on the lower catwalk, went to the upper catwalk to assist them and, in so doing, detached his lanyard from the catwalk's safety cable. A strong gust of wind caused the vinyl advertisement to strike plaintiff in the chest, knocking him ten feet below to the lower catwalk.
Plaintiff and his wife sued defendant, the owner of the property on which the billboard was located, alleging violations of Labor Law §§ 240(1), 240(2), and 241(6). Defendant moved for summary judgment, arguing that plaintiff was not engaged in a covered activity under the Labor Law, and plaintiffs cross-moved for partial summary judgment on the § 240(1) and § 241(6) claims. The Supreme Court denied both motions, holding that the Labor Law sections applied and a question of fact existed as to whether plaintiff was the sole proximate cause of his accident.
The Appellate Division, Fourth Department reversed and granted defendant summary judgment on the basis that "plaintiff's work on the billboard did not constitute altering the building or structure for the purposes of Labor Law § 240, and instead was 'more akin to cosmetic maintenance or decorative modification'" (p. 6, quoting Saint v. Syracuse Supply Co., 110 AD3d 1470, 1471 [4th Dep't 2013]). Further, the Fourth Department found that plaintiff "was not engaged in construction work within the meaning of § 241(6)" (id.).
In reversing the Fourth Department's decision, the Court of Appeals discussed that the purpose of Labor Law § 240(1) is to protect workers from elevation-related risks by placing absolute responsibility for safety practices on owners and contractors rather than the workers themselves and noted that the section is to be construed liberally. As such, the Court concluded that "because plaintiff's work required the attachment, at an elevated height, of custom-made wooden extensions that changed the dimensions of the billboard frame, plaintiff was engaged in alteration of the structure within the meaning of Labor Law § 240(1)" (p. 2, 6-7).
First, the Court of Appeals rejected defendant's argument that the Court's analysis of plaintiff's activity should be limited to the moment of plaintiff's injury because "[d]efendant's interpretation would compartmentalize a plaintiff's activity and exclude from the statute's coverage preparatory work essential to the enumerated act" and would strip workers of § 240(1)'s exceptional protection (p. 8). In support, the Court cited Prats v. Port Authority (100 NY2d 878, 882 [2003]), in which the totality of that plaintiff's actions were considered where that plaintiff had performed heavy alteration work for the same project at the same work site on numerous days prior to his injury (p. 8).
Considering the totality of plaintiff's actions with regard to the billboard, the Court then concluded that plaintiff was engaged in work that constitutes alteration within the meaning of the statute. The Court noted that altering a structure requires the making of a significant physical change to the configuration or composition of the structure and does not include routine maintenance or decorative modification. Thus, the Court held, since plaintiff's job, at the time he was injured, was to install a new advertisement, and this work required the attachment of extensions that "changed the dimensions of the billboard's frame and transformed the shape of the billboard," plaintiff was engaged in an alteration of the structure (p. 9).
The Court distinguished this case from others in which they found injured workers' activities to be outside the coverage of the statute since those cases involved "simple tasks" and "minimal work" (p. 10). Moreover, the Court noted, the installation of a new advertisement with extensions was not merely a decorative modification because it involved more than a change to the billboard's outward appearance. In this regard, the installation required a change to the billboard's size and an adjustment of the frame. Further, the change to the frame would require subsequent alteration of the billboard's structure when a new advertisement replaced the one plaintiff was installing (p. 11). The Court additionally noted that plaintiff was employed as a member of a "construction crew" and operated a crane used to hoist the extensions, which supports the conclusion that the work he was performing was covered by § 240(1). The Court rejected defendant's argument that an alteration can only occur where there is a permanent change to the structure on the basis such an interpretation would be at odds with the Court's prior decisions and would undermine the worker protection purpose of the statute.
The Court also found that it was error to dismiss plaintiff's other Labor Law claims. Specifically, the Court held that Labor Law § 240(2) should have been dismissed because the billboard platform was fifty-nine feet above the ground and no safety railing was provided to surround the upper rear catwalk despite the fact that the statute requires such a safety railing on any scaffold more than twenty feet off the ground. As to section 241(6), the Court found that plaintiff was engaged in "construction work," since the Industrial Code uses defines construction to include the alteration of a structure, in which, as discussed above, plaintiff was engaged.
Nicometi v. The Vineyards of Fredonia, LLC
The Court of Appeals has now held in Nicometi v. The Vineyards of Fredonia, LLC that Labor Law § 240(1) does not apply where a construction worker on stilts slipped on ice and fell to the floor. As the Court concluded, the statute does not apply because the plaintiff's "injuries resulted from a slip on ice, which" under the facts of this case "is a separate hazard unrelated to the elevation risk that necessitated the provision of a safety device in the first instance."
Judge Stein, a former Third Department Justice, wrote this 5-1 opinion for the Court. Chief Judge Lippman dissented alone. Judge Fahey did not participate. It is worth noting that Judge Fahey was part of the Fourth Department panel for this case. He dissented in favor of awarding the plaintiff partial summary judgment on section 240(1) liability.
The plaintiff in Nicometi was injured while installing insulation between ceiling rafters at a newly developed apartment complex. For his task, the plaintiff wore stilts that raised him anywhere from 18 to 36 inches off the ground. While attempting to attach the insulation to the rafter, the plaintiff slipped on a thin patch of ice, fell to the ground, and was injured. Accounts differ as to who first noticed the ice patch and also differ as to whether the plaintiff's supervisor forbade the plaintiff from working near the ice.
The plaintiff moved in Supreme Court for partial summary judgment on his Labor Law § 240(1) claim. As relevant here, one defendant moved to dismiss this claim. Supreme Court granted the plaintiff's motion. The Appellate Division, Fourth Department, modified the order on appeal, finding a question of fact as to whether the plaintiff was the sole proximate cause of his accident. Two judges, including then-Fourth Department Justice Fahey, dissented as they believed the plaintiff was entitled to summary judgment. While the majority and dissenters unanimously agreed that Labor Law § 240(1) applied to the plaintiff's accident, the Fourth Department subsequently granted leave to appeal and cross-appeal to the Court of Appeals.
Rather than reaching the issue of sole proximate cause, the Court of Appeals resolved the case on the scope of Labor Law § 240(1) itself. The Court agreed that the facts here were "virtually indistinguishable" from its holding in Melber v. 6333 Main St. (91 N.Y.2d 759 [1998]). In Melber, a stilt-wearing construction worker tripped and fell over a conduit on the ground. The Court of Appeals held that section 240(1) did not apply. The conduit in Melber "was certainly a 'hazard in the workplace'" but it was not "a 'special' elevation-related hazard."
The majority here stated that the "relevant and proper inquiry is whether the hazard plaintiff encountered on the stilts was a separate hazard 'wholly unrelated to the hazard which brought about [the] need [for a safety device] in the first instance.'" The majority concluded that "plaintiff's accident was plainly caused by a separate hazard – ice – unrelated to any elevation risk." The opinion further relied on plaintiff's testimony to show "it was the ice – not a deficiency or inadequacy of the stilts – that caused his fall." Therefore, the "ice that caused plaintiff to slip is indistinguishable from the electrical conduit, a portable light, or protruding pipes, none of which are hazards that call for elevation-related protective devices."
Notably, Chief Judge Lippman's dissent argues in favor of section 240(1) liability because "the combination" of ice and stilts "presents and exacerbates elevation-related risks" (dissent at p. 3). The majority specifically rejected this argument in a footnote, pointing out that debris and a conduit in prior Court of Appeals opinions rejecting use of section 240(1) could also be said to have "amplified" inherent risks in working at an elevation. Thus "it remains the law that the plaintiff's injuries must be caused by an elevation-related risk, 'the type of extraordinary peril section 240(1) was designed to prevent'" (quoting Nieves v. Five Boro A.C. & Refrig. Corp., 93 N.Y.2d 914, 916 [1999]).
The majority also distinguished the plaintiff's and the dissent's reliance on cases concerning the placement of ladders, such as Klein v. City of New York (89 N.Y.2d 833 [1996]). In Klein, the Court held that failure to ensure "proper placement" of a ladder due to the condition of the floor constitutes a prima facie case of liability. The Nicometi majority, however, cautioned that section 240(1) should be "construed with a commonsense approach to the realities of the workplace at issue" (quoting Salazar v. Novalex Contr. Corp., 18 N.Y.3d 134, 140 [2011]). "Unlike ladders, stilts are not 'placed' in a stationary position and expected to remain still to ensure their proper and safe use. Rather, stilts are intended to function as extensions of, and move with, the worker during performance of the designed task" (p. 14). As such, a ladder that slips due to an unsafe condition "on the floor in the area where it is placed is distinguishable from the circumstances of plaintiff's accident here" (p. 14).
Summing up its reasoning, the majority declares that "plaintiff cannot recover under Labor Law § 240(1) because his injuries resulted from a slip on ice, which – under these facts – is a separate hazard unrelated to the elevation risk that necessitated the provision of a safety device in the first instance."
Chief Judge Lippman began his dissent by analogizing stilts to ladders: "The majority would have us believe that while ladders placed on slippery substances present an elevation-related risk, stilts under the same circumstances do not." Lippman argued that "stilts placed on ice create the same 'elevation-related risk' as do ladders." To those familiar with recent Labor Law § 240(1) decisions, it is no surprise that Chief Judge Lippman's writings emphasize that the statute must be interpreted "liberally to protect workers." Here as well, Chief Judge Lippman argued that the majority's interpretation extends Melber and did so in a way that does not favor the plaintiff. Chief Judge Lippman also added that "placement is equally important for stilts" because both are moved as workers move.
More broadly, the opinion suggests that Judge Stein has staked ground as a foil for Chief Judge Lippman on the expansiveness of Labor Law § 240(1). In many ways, the language of this opinion recalls an era of Labor Law jurisprudence during the 1990s and early 2000s. The opinion quoted heavily from cases using cautionary language about "extraordinary protections", "narrow class of dangers," "special hazards," and "usual and ordinary dangers." More than simply focusing on Melber, this opinion revives defense-friendly language from Rocovich v. Consolidated Edison Co. (78 N.Y.2d 509 [1991]), Ross v. Curtis-Palmer Hydro-Elec. Co. (81 N.Y.2d 494 [1993]), Narducci v. Manhasset Bay Assoc. (96 N.Y.2d 259 [2001]), Nieves (93 N.Y.2d at 916), Cohen v. Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Ctr. (11 N.Y.3d 823 [2008]), and similar cases. Even the warning in Ross that the statute does "not encompass any and all perils that may be connected in some tangential way with the effects of gravity" is quoted by the majority.
In reviving the special hazard language, the opinion also appears to revive arguments about how section 240(1) should not apply if a plaintiff's accident is "not 'attributable to' a 'risk[] arising from construction work site elevation differentials'" (p. 11). To that end, the majority also opined that "section 240(1) is not applicable unless the plaintiff's injuries result from the elevation-related risk and the inadequacy of the safety device" (p. 7).
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Just like they did in the 80s, Americans are increasingly going straight to heroin, skipping prescription opioids. Too bad US policy doesn't reflect that.
Jeremy Lesser is one of the faces of America's increasingly mainstream opioid crisis. Now in recovery for two years, he's 27, white, and comes from a middle-class family in New Jersey. But he didn't start using opioids with pills from a doctor—or even pills from a friend or the family medicine cabinet. Instead, his first opioid was heroin.
By now, many Americans have heard sad stories that begin with a white teeninnocently ingesting a prescription obtained from a pharma-influenced doctor. Often, these tales end with the degradation of heroin—a good kid accidentally addicted, driven to crime, and maybe even dead.
But if legitimate prescriptions were ever the chief pathway to heroin—and strong evidence has long existed that they might not be—new research and stories like Lesser's suggest the pathway for people who get addicted to opioids is changing. Just like I did in the 1980s, heroin users in America appear to be increasingly going straight to the street drug, skipping the flirtation with pharmaceuticals.
Although a Washington Post–60 Minutes exposé finally derailed the troubling nomination of Tom Marino as drug czar on Tuesday, its key finding—that pharma lobbying helped curtail the DEA's power to cut the prescription drug supply—fails to account for the fact that doing so without offering medication treatment might have just sped up the heroin and fentanyl crisis.
Except this is an overly simplified picture. The fact is that the government's own statistics show most people start misusing prescription pills that are notprescribed to them. And the myth of innocent white addiction has led to policy that relentlessly focuses on reducing medical access, regardless of harm to pain patients. With President Trump set to finally declare the opioid crisis an official national emergency next week, now is as good a time as any to take stock of what America's prescription crackdown gets wrong—and how we can do better.
New research is increasingly finding that cutting the supply of prescription opioids isn't even stopping opioid initiation—just changing which drug people try first. A study released this year of nearly 6,000 people treated for opioid-use disorder across the US over a ten-year period found that in 2005, only 9 percent of new users reported losing their opioid virginity to heroin. By 2015, however, this number had more than tripled, to just more than a third. Although most users still get their first taste from one of several prescription pills, heroin is now the single most common individual opioid taken by people first trying this class of drugs, the study found.
« It makes complete sense that in a context of suppressed prescription drug supplies, people are starting on alternative sources of opioids, » added Leo Beletsky, associate professor of law and health sciences at Northeastern University in Boston, who noted that without addressing factors that really drive demand like inequality, unemployment, mental illness and despair, substitution is hardly surprising.
The vast majority of opioid misusers don't simply jump into the drug pool at the deep end: by the time they get to opioids, even those who do start by misusing a legitimate prescription have typically more than just experimented with recreational use of alcohol, cigarettes, weed, and often psychedelics and cocaine. Going hard or exclusively after prescription drugs is not going to disrupt that.
In another recently published paper, Ellis and his colleagues found that even among those whose opioid addiction apparently began with medical exposure, 95 percent had previously taken other drugs recreationally. « Even when discounting alcohol, tobacco and marijuana, 70.1 percent still had prior experience with other substances, » he told me—a rate far higher than that seen in the general population. In 2016, for example, just 21 percent of high school seniors and 36 percent of young adults had ever even tried an illicit drug other than pot.
Lesser, who is now studying for a degree in counseling psychology, recalled being anti-drug until he was around 17, having simply accepted that « drugs are bad, » as his parents and teachers claimed. In college, however, he began to question his hardline stance. « I had friends going to Ivy League schools, and all these smart, cool kids were doing these drugs, » he told me.
He smoked weed for several months without any disaster, and likewise enjoyed MDMA, cocaine, and mushrooms. « None of the bad stuff society told me would happen, happened, » Lesser said. And so, in 2009, when a kid he texted said he didn't have weed, but did have heroin, he was game to try it.
Lesser, who had always struggled with social anxiety, said that in his case, the first time using heroin was « underwhelming »—and definitely didn't live up to the hype he'd seen in films like Trainspotting. But that gave him a false sense of security, and when he did it a few more times, he began to understand what the fuss was about.
Lesser's experience of medicating symptoms like anxiety and poor emotional control seems to be the rule, rather than the exception among people who develop opioid problems. « Psychiatric issues are very common, » Ellis explained. « Roughly two-thirds of our sample indicate they have been diagnosed and treated for a psychiatric disorder, primarily depression and anxiety. » In yet another study with the same sample, Ellis's group found that a similar proportion « indicated they used prescription opioids to self-treat psychological issues, and 80 percent indicated they did so to 'escape' from daily stressors, past trauma, [or other] issues going in their lives, » he recalled.
It's not just Ellis's work, either. Fellow researchers' data has long suggested that early life stress, trauma, and mental illness—not the first drug someone happens to try—are the real gateways to addiction. And overhyping the dangers of certain substances clearly also runs the risk of doing more harm than good.
Whether the sequence of use goes « alcohol, marijuana, cocaine, then heroin » or « alcohol, marijuana, methamphetamine, prescription opioids, then heroin, » or some other way, the result is the same. If America doesn't address why people find opioid escape so compelling right now, cutting the supply of medical drugs with known strength and purity may just push users to more dangerous and unpredictable street substitutes like fentanyl.


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How this farming project helps Afghan women grow financial independence
Sep 29, 2016 8:48 PM EST
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/farming-project-helps-afghan-women-grow-financial-independence
In the 15 years since the U.S. went into Afghanistan, $1.5 billion has been spent to develop women's rights in the country. But even with significant improvements, there remain many hardships, including domestic violence and the lack of educational opportunity. Special correspondent Jennifer Glasse visits a farming project that aims to provide women with the power to make their own decisions.
HARI SREENIVASAN:
Fifteen since the United States went into Afghanistan, the U.S. has spent an estimated $1.5 billion to develop women's rights in the country. There's also a new $300 million five-year program to continue to help women have a say in their society.
But, despite the money, the fact that only a quarter of parliamentarians are now women, and laws protecting them from violence, Afghan women still face significant challenges.
Special correspondent Jennifer Glasse reports from Kabul.
JENNIFER GLASSE:
Kobra Dastgirzada is a successful Afghan businesswoman. The U.S.-funded program Promote has sent these women to learn from her. She's sharing more than a decade's experience running companies in Afghanistan.
Helped in part with U.S. funds over the years, her enterprises include making jams, pickles, baskets and dried soup packs. She remembers life under the Taliban, and says things have improved since 2001.
KOBRA DASTGIRZADA, Entrepreneur:
In this 15 period, or years, it was a very good chance for women, because there was a good program. And every day, the new program come, especially about the business, about the society, about education. Everything did come. And the women get a lot of benefits from this program too. Right now, the women has a good state to the society.
But even with experience, it's not easy. She can't manufacture on this day because there's no electricity, and this is Kabul. She knows life is much harder in business and other ways for women elsewhere in Afghanistan.
KOBRA DASTGIRZADA:
Right now, in the province, it is a very big problem, because the women cannot go out of the home, because the Taliban has the control. You know that. Then maybe they kill them. And maybe, one day, they kill me too, because I work and have a lot of activity. If they come and get Kabul, the first person will be I. They kill me.
Kobra says she can't worry about the Taliban's recent military gains around the country. She wants to concentrate on her work.
Kobra has advantages many other Afghan women don't, not just a supportive husband, but her factory is in her backyard, so she can work at home. And her shop is just in front of her house. Her small shop is just one outlet for her goods. She also sends them to markets. For that, she needs a man. Afghan society would frown on women selling in the bazaar.
That man makes three times the salary of her female Afghan employees. Kobra says that can't be helped. She needs him. Even where women succeed, the culture of discrimination here finds its place.
KIM MOTLEY, Lawyer:
A lot of people don't realize that Afghanistan is a country where it's been reported that over 85 percent of the women are victims of domestic violence. It's a country where I understand that 72 percent of women are uneducated.
Kim Motley is a lawyer who takes on some of Afghanistan's most desperate cases, like Sahar Gul, who was tortured and abused by her husband's family. She testified against them and they were jailed, a rare victory here.
Motley's newest client is Gul Meena, attacked with an axe by her brother, uncle and husband and left for dead.
KIM MOTLEY:
This incident happened over three years ago. And it is deplorable that not one person in the Afghan government has bothered to talk to her about what happened. I mean, literally, there are three axe murderers on the loose in Afghanistan or Pakistan. They don't know, but no one has bothered to sort of find out.
Gul Meena says she is still afraid of her attackers, but would like to see them punished and would be willing to testify.
GUL MEENA, Victim Of Ax Attack (through translator):
I'm worried that, if I go to court, then the judge might put me in jail because I ran away.
Hundreds of women have been jailed for so-called moral crimes, like leaving their husbands or even being alone with a man. President Ghani released many.
Regardless of their cases, both Gul Meena and Sahar Gul want to leave Afghanistan. They feel there's no future here for them.
Susan DeCamp is one of the stewards of the five-year, $300 million U.S.-funded Promote program for women. She says she knows women's rights are tenuous here.
SUSAN DECAMP, USAID:
It's a challenge, and it's always been a challenge, and it's going to continue to be a challenge for quite a while.
What we hope to do is get enough women out there working together in a positive way, so that they can have their own voice. It's not so much about us deciding what they want and need, but about them being in a position to influence what they want and what they need.
On a farm on the outskirts of Kabul, that's what Sophia Wilcox is doing teaching, women to stand on their own.
She's taken a somewhat tough-love approach with her farming training programs. Anyone who wants to participate has to pay dues to be part of the collective. Since she arrived in 2009, Wilcox has avoided creating what she calls NGO disease, dependency on international aid.
SOPHIA WILCOX, Women's Agricultural Extension Program:
I don't give them anything because we need to teach them to be independent and use what they have, become creative in their use of their own resources to build themselves up.
And it's working. One of the gardeners has a daughter who's a hospital worker, so they devised these drip feeding systems. Women are motivated, with good reason.
SOPHIA WILCOX:
There's decisions that they're not allowed to make. And if they're given a slight bit of income, they can make those decisions, children going to school, whether or not they go to school, if we buy medicine, if we don't buy medicine. Those types of decisions are not given to women freely. And when they have their own income, they are able to make those decisions.
The Afghan women started managing this farm on their own last October. So far, each of the 15 workers has made about $100 a month. Considering a taxi driver in Kabul makes about $150 a month, it's good money, more than they have ever made in their lives. A lump sum is expected at the end of the summer harvest. Next year, they expect to earn more.
Farm manager Lailajan Yousafzai needs no help with marketing. She knows her products inside out. She's proud to support the 15 women farmers here, and to give some income to 25 more. They can't leave their homes, so they grow products in their own gardens.
LAILAJAN YOUSAFZAI, Farm Manager (through translator):
One woman sent her son to university. She can pay for his transport and she can pay for his books. We all use the money for our families.
Four years ago, this was all dirt and weeds. But as often happens here, success brings problems. Although this project paid for the local water pump and its repair, the man who has the key demands money to supply water. For Sophia, it's a dilemma.
It's a problem for me, because I'm working for essentially the U.S. taxpayer, and we can't pay bribes, and — but bribes are really common. And so it's a frustration, and it's everywhere. It's rampant. You can't get anything done, really.
A rival project nearby, funded by the Afghan government, is failing. Its politically connected manager is threatening to take the women's land away. The women here say they will fight that to stay, that the money they're making is changing their lives.
But like so many things here, as women, they ultimately may not have a choice.
For the "PBS NewsHour," I'm Jennifer Glasse in Kabul.
PBS NewsHour from Sep 29, 2016
Helping Afghan farmers regrow the economy
By Larisa Epatko
afghan women


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I Made a 'Decision to Leave' My Apartment and Go See 'The Woman King' and 'Amsterdam'
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2 Women, 1 King (CREDIT: Sony Pictures Entertainment)
The Woman King:
Starring: Thuso Mbedu, Viola Davis, Lashana Lynch, Sheila Atim, Jordan Bolger, Johyn Boyega, Hero Fiennes Tiffin
Director: Gina Prince-Bythewood
Release Date: September 16, 2022 (Theaters)
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The Underground Railroad (CREDIT: Amazon Prime Video/YouTube Screenshot)
–Army of the Dead (May 14 in Select Theaters, May 21 on Netflix)
–Oxygen (May 12 on Netflix) – Directed by Alexandre Aja, but no piranhas.
–Profile (Theaters)
–Spiral (Theaters) – Chris Rock joins the Book of Saw.
–Those Who Wish Me Dead (Theaters and HBO Max) – Might check out to see what Angelina Jolie is up to.
–The Woman in the Window (May 14 on Netflix) – Joe Wright directs Amy Adams.
–The Underground Railroad (May 14 on Amazon)
-2021 MTV Movie & TV Awards (May 16 on MTV)
-2021 MTV Movie & TV Awards: Unscripted (May 17 on MTV)
-2021 Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions (May 17-28, check local listings) – 19-game winner Jason Zuffranieri looks like the one to beat.
-Aly & AJ, A Touch of the Beat Gets You Up on Your Feet Gets You Out and Then Into the Sun – This came out last week.
-St. Vincent, Daddy's Home
-The Black Keys, Delta Kream – Dan and Pat cover hill country blues.
I Have One Important Thing to Say About 'The Witches' (2020)
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The Witches 2020 (CREDIT: Warner Bros./YouTube Screenshot)
Starring: Octavia Spencer, Anne Hathaway, Jahzir Kadeem Bruno, Stanley Tucci, Chris Rock, Codie Lei-Eastick, Kristen Chenoweth
Release Date: October 22, 2020 (HBO Max)
There's one thing I really want to mention about the 2020 adaptation of Roald Dahl's The Witches. It's something that caught me by surprise, and I was happy to have it. It wouldn't have surprised me if I had seen the trailer ahead of time, but I still would have been delighted by it nonetheless. I'm talking about Chris Rock's narration! I had no idea he was playing the older version of our hero (who's named Hero). But oh yeah, I totally approve of the flavor that he added to the mix. And at the end when we got a glimpse of him in the flesh, I was thrilled to see what he's up to now. The rest of the movie is mostly more-or-less standard kids adventure fare. I would have hoped for something a little weirder from Bob Zemeckis taking on Roald Dahl. Maybe I missed some hidden weirdness!
Grade: 5 Giant Chickens Out of 3 Mice
Jeff's Wacky Back-in-Studio SNL Review: Chris Rock/Megan Thee Stallion
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SNL: Megan Thee Stallion, Chris Rock (CREDIT: YouTube Screenshot)
If we're responsible during a pandemic, we can return to some of our pre-pandemic routines before the pandemic has fully run its course. And Saturday Night Live sure looks like it's being responsible, which is presumably how we can explain its return to Studio 8H (with a real-live host, musical guest, and studio audience to boot!) after a trio of resourcefully assembled remote episodes back in the spring.
Pretty much every sketch in this Season 46 opener has something to do with the pandemic in one way or another, which is perfectly reasonable, considering that every part of daily life currently has something to do with the pandemic in one way or another. But host Chris Rock and MG Megan Thee Stallion aren't here because of pandemic reasons; they're here because, as is usually the case with SNL guests, they've got something to promote (Fargo Season 4 and new music, respectively).
As for me and my SNL viewing routine, as per yoozh, I woke up early on Sunday morning and fired up my DVR. I was feeling a little congested, so I popped some phenylephrine and it seemed to hit the spot. Then I ran 10 miles after Update, and it was off to the races!
In deference to pandemic precautions, I have decided to give each sketch its own line in my review so as to visually represent 6 feet apart. Let's get to it!
SNL Love It/Keep It/Leave It: Adam Sandler/Shawn Mendes
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Jeffrey Malone watches every new episode of Saturday Night Live and then organizes the sketches into the following categories: "Love It" (potentially Best of the Season-worthy), "Keep It" (perfectly adequate), or "Leave It" (in need of a rewrite, to say the least). Then he concludes with assessments of the host and musical guest.
Holes – So Beck and Kyle discovered that clothes are just holes to cover up your bodily holes, and then they made a song about it, and now we get to bask in the joy of their wonder. It sounds like a cheesy '80s power ballad, although the sartorial style is more reminiscent of Michael Bolton and other over-the-top soft rockers. And there's even some "We Didn't Start the Fire" influence there with the rhyming of Federico Fellini and Roberto Benigni. Wonderfully singular.
SNL Recap November 1, 2014: Chris Rock/Prince
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SNL: Chris Rock Monologue (CREDIT: YouTube Screenshot)
This review was originally posted on Starpulse in November 2014.
In the past year, "SNL" was widely criticized for its lack of diversity, hired a new black cast member following that public pressure, debuted its first black Weekend Update cast member, and from the writer's room brought on another black cast member. So an episode hosted by Chris Rock seemed poised to be the most head-on examination of race on "SNL" in years, or even decades. While that element was present, it was not really any more so than it has been in the past couple of years. Overall, in fact, this edition ended up like most episodes of the past couple of years: consisting of mostly new material that was mostly more interesting than fully successful and at its best when it got weird. Let's take a closer look at each of the sketches.
The Kelly File – There was no particular need for "SNL" to parody this particular Fox News talk show to cover the Kaci Hickox Ebola story. This sketch did not break apart the form of "The Kelly File," nor did Cecily Strong offer that strong of an impression. Thus, the whole thing was rather formless. Bobby Moynihan continued to play Chris Christie as loud and obnoxious, which is fine, while Kate McKinnon played Kaci Hickox as a typical Kate McKinnon character who won't take any guff from someone like Chris Christie, which is also fine. But ultimately, this sketch didn't really say anything. C


"Photographier, c'est mettre sur la même ligne de mire la tête, l'oeil et le coeur."
My name is Karim (or Kareem, if you are an english speaker).
I'm a swiss photographer based in Biel/Bienne, half-way between Geneva and Zurich.
My digital Leica camera is, of course, the extension of my eye, but I also have a passion for vintage film cameras.
I love the smooth quietness of leaf shutters.
To me, photography is more than just a job, it's my life.
Enjoy your visit and feel free to get in touch.


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NGC 6303 is een elliptisch sterrenstelsel in het sterrenbeeld Draak. Het hemelobject werd op 14 oktober 1884 ontdekt door de Amerikaanse astronoom Lewis A. Swift.

Synoniemen
UGC 10711
MCG 12-16-17
ZWG 321.13
PGC 59573

Zie ook
 Lijst van NGC-objecten

Externe links
  NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database
  SIMBAD Astronomical Database
  SEDS

NGC-object in Draak
Sterrenstelsel in Draak


Saath International, a company founded in 2004 in Lahore-Pakistan. Since then we manufacture a variety of products under the brand name of 'Salt Rays' from Natural Rock Salt acquired from the biggest worldwide renowned Himalayan Mountain Ranges of Pakistan like Warcha, Khewra and Kalabagh mines and put them on wholesale market throughout the world as well as local retail outlets.
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Hello, Ittle Dew main artist here. Let's talk about the move to 3D for a bit.
There's a lot of great celshaded games recently (Guilty Gear Xrd, Jojo All Star Battle to name a few) that look amazing.
Celshading has always intrigued me – one of my favorite games of all time is Jet Set Radio, one of the first celshaded games i believe, a game that still looks so good. So when we discusssed Ittle Dew 2 being made in 3D, I saw this as a really fun challenge. Ittle Dew had a very particular style, with heavy black outlines and a wobbly style of animation (that wobbly style was actually selected because it makes animating so much easier! hah). We had previously experimented with Ittles style in 3D, with a dungeon crawler idea, and it had looked pretty good. However, in that test I used a lot of "billboards"(flat "sprite" objects that always look at the camera, think of the barrels in DOOM or items in Minecraft), while Ittle 2 went on to be a lot more "real" 3D.
The first thing we did was have one of our wizard programmers make something do we could have wobbly outlines even in 3D, since by now we felt that was a big part of the Ittle Dew style. But just like in Ittle Dew it will only be used on things that are alive or interactive, kinda. To make them stand out. Using it on everything all the time would probably be really annoying to look at.
The outlines on both characters and props are not automatically created by an outline shader or such.
I find that to get decent looking outlines you need to create them manually so you can tweak problematic areas by hand.
There's not much more to say about the surroundings, but let's look at a picture.
The most important thing is to not lose too much of Ittle Dew's charm when moving to 3D, and I dare say it's going fairly well.
Having a (mostly) fixed camera helps a lot here!
And that's pretty much it for me. Not a lot of informative text, but a bunch of pictures at least!


TUSKEGEE, Ala. -- A five point second quarter by Georgia Southwestern women's basketball team led to a 69-53 loss Wednesday evening on the road against Tuskegee University.
How It Happened: GSW started slow in the first quarter as they couldn't get on the board at all. After a quick timeout, Kayla Smith put the Lady Canes on board 9-2 with 7:12 left to go in the quarter. With 4:37 left in the quarter, Lex Chatman's sole three of the night tied the score at 12 and they continued to climb, ending the first quarter leading 19-16.
Things changed in the second quarter as GSW (3-2) went cold. The Lady Canes went 12.5 percent from the field and 14.3 percent from behind the arc, as Morgan Towells hit a lone three followed by a Chatman score to get their only points of the quarter. In a matter of 10 minutes, the Golden Tigers (5-1) scored 16 points in the quarter to push them to a 32-24 halftime lead.
Another 19-point quarter couldn't do any damage as the Golden Tigers outscored them in the third quarter to keep a safe 10-point lead, 53-43, going into the final quarter.
The Lady Canes went 22 of 70 from the floor, shooting 31.4 percent while the Golden Tigers went 24 of 47, 51.1 percent. GSW took the advantage as they landed five shots from behind the arc as Tuskegee couldn't make any 3-pointers. GSW forced 21 turnovers tonight but only capitalized with scoring 14 points off turnovers.
Who Stood Out: Towells and Smith led the way for the Lady Canes with 12 points each followed by Chatman, who ended with 10 points, six rebounds, three assists and two steals. Smith had two rebounds and one assist as Towells followed with one rebound and one steal.
Up Next: The Lady Canes open up conference play Saturday as they will travel to Aiken, S.C. to play USC Aiken for a 1:30 p.m. tip off.